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Friday, December 26, 2014

Terri Reed: Gluten-Free At Christmas

Hi, Terri Reed here hoping your
Christmas was merry and joyful. Mine was filled with laughter, chaos and food.
Lots of food. Most of the food was gluten-free.

Gluten sensitivity runs in my husband’s family so we have
made adjustments over the years to the foods we eat. But it was not always this way. We had never
heard of gluten or celiac disease until my daughter was born in 1993. She was a
healthy baby and so full of joy. However, issues soon cropped up. The pediatrician kept prescribing antibiotics
but the medicine wasn’t helping. A
friend suggested a naturopath. We’d
never heard of a naturopath but at this point we were growing desperate to help
our little girl.Through a
battery of test, the naturopath found that she had sensitivity to wheat
products and dairy products. So began a
journey of living wheat free and diary free. This was in 1995 and the term
gluten-free wasn’t a mainstream word yet. There were few wheat free products
available. It was easier to cut out
dairy. I remember how many people
thought we were weird for thinking wheat and dairy was causing our daughter
harm. Over the years others in the family have been diagnosed with gluten sensitivity,
but we all are aware that careful monitoring is required as there is no
guarantee that gluten sensitivity won’t turn into celiac disease. Now nearly
twenty years later you can go to any grocery store and find gluten-free
products from major companies, small start up companies and everything in
between.

6 comments:

I often make the Kraft peanut butter cookies, as they only require peanut butter, granulated sugar, and an egg. I often double or quadruple the recipe (because they only make a couple of dozen cookies with the original recipe), plus I add 1/8 of a Reese's peanut butter cup in the middle, much like your Hershey's Kisses.http://www.kraftcanada.com/recipes/super-easy-peanut-butter-cookies-85456Good luck!

It's a good thing your friend told you about the naturopath and you were able to get some answers. It's amazing how in just a few short years there have been so many advances with all of the products and stores out there.